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FICTION
HARDBACK
The Lacuna - Barbara Kingsolver
A man's search for safety, torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s McCarthyite America. The first novel in ten years from the author of The Poisonwood Bible. (£16.99 at The Book Case)
Invisible - Paul Auster
Constructed in four interlocking parts, "Invisible" opens in New York City in the spring of 1967 when twenty-year-old poet and student Adam Walker meets enigmatic Frenchman Rudolf Born, and his silent and seductive girlfriend Margot. Before long, Walker finds himself caught in a perverse triangle that leads to a sudden, shocking act of violence that will alter the course of his life. (£14.99 at The Book Case)
PAPERBACK
The True Deceiver - Tove Jansson, trans. Thomas Teal
In the deep winter snows of a Swedish hamlet, a strange young woman fakes a break-in at the house of an elderly artist in order to persuade her that she needs companionship. But what does she hope to gain by doing this? And who ultimately is deceiving whom? (£7.99)
Choral Society - Prue Leith
Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Each of them is at a crossroads and they quickly form a bond. The trio decide to combine their talents to restore a crumbling pile in Cornwall and turn it into a cookery school and spa. (£7.99)
First Family - David Baldacci
A birthday party turns into a nightmare when a child is snatched after the celebrations. (£6.99)
Burn Out - Marcia Muller
Sharon McCone decides to take an extended vacation at her ranch in California's high desert country. Though she plans to contemplate her future, McCone soon becomes distracted by a troubled yet highly secretive Native American woman. (£6.99)
REISSUES
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens, read by: Martin Jarvis (2 CDs)(£9.99)
Horned Shepherd - Edgar Jepson, woodcuts by Wilfred Jones
First published in 1904, this tells the tale of the Valley of Fine Fleeces and combines occult mysteries with European pagan folklore. (£14.99)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - John Le Carre
One of a number of reissues of the Smiley books. George Smiley, who is a troubled man of infinite compassion, is also a single-mindedly ruthless adversary as a spy. The scene which he enters is a Cold War landscape of moles and lamplighters. (£7.99)
The Collector - John Fowles (£7.99)
The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles (£7.99)
The Magus - John Fowles (£8.99)
NON-FICTION
ART AND CRAFT
Tea Cozies 2 - Guild of Master Craftsman (£9.99)
Gloves - Susette Palmer Guild of Master Craftsman (£9.99)
BIOGRAPHY
Letters of Ted Hughes - ed. Christopher Reid
At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter-writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was to become a prolific master of this art which combines writing and talking. This selection begins when Hughes was seventeen, and documents the course of a life at once resolutely private but intensely attuned to other lives (including a readership comprising both adults and children); a life pared down to essentials and yet eventful, peripatetic, at times publicly controversial. (£14.99)
Letter to My Daughter - Maya Angelou
Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, this book reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning. Told in her own inimitable style, this book transcends genres and categories: it's part guidebook, part memoir, part poetry - and pure delight. (£12.99)
Notes to My Mother-in-Law - Phyllida Thompson Law
'My mother-in-law Annie lived with us for 17 years and was picture-book perfect.' It took a while before the family realised that Annie was increasingly (as she would put it) 'Mutt and Jeff'. So Phyllida began to write out the day's gossip at the kitchen table, putting her notes by Annie's bed before going to hers. (£12.99)
Life Class: The Selected Memoirs of Diana Athill
Brings together four of her best-loved memoirs in one volume, spanning her very English childhood, her life and loves during World War II, her publishing career at Andre Deutsch, and her reflections on old age. (£25)
CURRENT AFFAIRS
The Bedside "Guardian" 2009 - ed. Hugh Muir (£14.99)
Hopes and Prospects - Noam Chomsky
In this urgent new book, Noam Chomsky surveys the threats and prospects of our early twenty-first century. (£14.99)
The Essential Chomsky - Noam Chomsky
A comprehensive overview of his most important and influential writings over the past forty years, including excerpts from "Manufacturing Consent", "Hegemony or Survival", "Understanding Power", and "Failed States". Published to coincide with his eightieth birthday. (£11.99)
The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch - Michael Wolff
Murdoch is more than a predatory and merciless deal-maker. He presides over what we read, what we watch, what we come to believe about ourselves, to an extent that is without serious parallel anywhere on earth. (£9.99)
FOOD
Hamlyn All Colour 200 Slow Cooker Recipes (£4.99)
Classic Casseroles for Your Slow Cooker - Catherine Atkinson (Foulsham)(£8.99)
HISTORY
Simple Shelters: Tents, Tipis, Yurts, Domes and Other Ancient Homes - Jonathan Horning (£5.99)
The Celtic Revolution: in search of 2000 forgotten years that changed our World - Simon Young (£14.99)
Shows how the Celtic Empire ruled the world from Spain to Egypt (including Hebden Bridge) for two thousand years in a way that drew the blue print for today's Europe. The author grew up in Hebden Bridge so it gets a mention, as does Mankinholes.
The Weaker Vessel - Antonia Fraser
A new edition of this account of the lives of women in 17th-century England. (£9.99)
Along Lost Lines - Paul Atterbury
Documents all the lost and forgotten aspects of British railways, including timetables, stations, tunnels, staff and trains, focusing on the 10,000 miles of lines closed in Britain since the 1950s, bringing to life the glorious story of train travel as it used to be. (£16.99)
HUMOUR & HOBBIES
Mrs Scrooge: A Christmas Tale - Carol Ann Duffy, ill. Posy Simmonds
With her husband, Ebenezer, now 'doornail dead', the coldest Christmas Eve on record finds Mrs Scrooge outside the supermarket, protesting against consumerism and waste. 'Spoilsport!' shout the passersby as they load up their shopping carts with Christmas goodies. Just as Ebenezer did, Mrs Scrooge keeps to her frugal ways ...but with the current state of the world, perhaps Mrs Scrooge has the right idea. (£4.99)
The Book of Funny Signs - Eleanor Morton
Collected by The Dalesman. (£4.99)
The Little Book of Yorkshire Proverbs - Peter Lindup (£2.50)
A Load of Old Tripe - Gervase Phinn
For eleven-year old James Joseph Johnson (or Jimmy for short) life is not always straightforward. In fact, things can be quite complicated, and don't always turn out as he'd planned ... (£10.00)
The QI Annual, 2010 - John Mitchinson; John Lloyd
This is the third great "QI Annual" written, drawn, photographed and lavishly blu-tacked together by the many writers, performers and brains from the BBC1 TV series, including: Stephen Fry, Alan Davies, Rowan Atkinson, Jeremy Clarkson, Bill Bailey, Jo Brand, Phill Jupitus, Jimmy Carr and many more. (£12.99)
The Glorious Nosebleed - Edward Gorey
A Gorey trip through the alphabet. (£8.99)
The West Wing - Edward Gorey
A wordless mystery, On each page, a room beckons. (£8.99)
How to Drive a Tank: and Other Everyday Tips for the Modern Gentleman - Frank Coles
It's time to stop being the man everyone expects you to be and be the one you want to be. And while you're at it, why not discover the practical skills a real man should have: from hot-wiring a car to hiding a dead body, how to disappear without trace in less than 24 hours, to unarmed combat. (£12.99)
House of Horror: Stained Glass Colouring Book - Jeff A Menges (£6.99)
LITERATURE
The City of Words - Alberto Manguel
Do stories possess the power to change the world we live in? This book sets out to investigate the ways in which stories can lend an identity to a whole society, from "Gilgamesh" to the Bible, from "Don Quixote" to "The Fast Runner". (£9.99)
Curiosities of Literature: A Book-lover's Anthology of Literary Erudition - John Sutherland (£7.99)
MBS
Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices - Thich Nhat Hanh
Stop Smoking Now - Allen Carr
With free hypnotherapy CD. (£9.99)
Sacred Yantra Coloring Book - Wil Stegenga (£3.99)
MUSIC
Everything is Connected: The Power of Music - Daniel Barenboim
'The power of music lies in is its ability to speak to all aspects of the human being-the animal, the emotional, the intellectual, and the spiritual. Music teaches us, in short, that everything is connected.' Daniel Barenboim's new book vividly describes his lifelong pursuit of knowledge and understanding, not only of music and of life, but of one through the other. (£8.99)
NATURE AND ANIMALS
British Cattle - Val Porter, Shire Library, No. 392
Since the eighteenth century British cattle breeds have spread worldwide and have made the names of several counties famous in distant lands. Yet some of those breeds have become extinct and many others have become so rare in their own country that they are in danger of disappearing. (£5.99)
POETRY & DRAMA
The Hundred Thousand Places - Thomas A Clarke
A single poem that travels across seasons, through a variety of Scottish highland and island landscapes, from dawn to dusk. (£9.95)
Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller, read by: Thomas Mitchell; Arthur Kennedy (2 CDs)
This unusually powerful recording of Arthur Miller's most famous play, made for radio in 1953, was directed by Elia Kazan who premiered the play. (£10.99)
REFERENCE
The House Repairs Expert - Drina Vanner (Foulsham)(£9.99)
The Trivium: Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric - Jane Smith (£5.99)
SCIENCE & MATHS
Science and Islam: A History - Ehsan Masood
Between the 8th and 15th centuries, scholars and researchers working from Samarkand in modern-day Uzbekistan to Cordoba in Spain advanced our knowledge of astronomy, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, medicine and philosophy to new heights. This book takes the reader on a journey through the Islamic empires of the middle ages, the cultural and religious circumstances that made this revolution possible, and its contribution to science in Western Europe, and explores the many reasons for the eventual decline of advanced science and learning in the Arabic-speaking world. (£8.99)
They've Got Your Number: Data, Digits and Destiny - How the Numerati are Changing Our Lives - Stephen Baker
A guided tour (no maths required) through an unprecedented new era, in which mathematicians are starting to map individual human behaviour - what we do, who we are, how we work, chat, play and shop - and in doing so, will change every aspect of our lives. (£8.99)
TRAVEL
The Best Campsites in Britain and Ireland 2010 (Alan Rogers) (£11.99)
New Lonely Planet Country Guide to Australia.
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Ages 0-5yrs
The Christmas Star - Sam Childs
Mini board book re-telling the Nativity for the very young, with silver and gold foil highlights throughout and edged in gold. With bold, distinctive artwork, and simple rhyming text, perfect for parents and children to read together. Ages: 0-2yrs.
Ages 5-9yrs
Magic Pony Winter Special- Elizabeth Lindsay
A sure fire winner stocking filler for any pony mad girl this Christmas.Ages: 7-9 yrs (£9.99)
Ages 9-11yrs
Crocodile Tears- Anthony Horowitz
Alex Ryder's eighth adventure sees him reluctantly turning to MI6 for help when he is targeted by a hitman, and his past is threatened to be exposed. But MI6 has a price - Alex must spy on the activities of a GM crop plant, but he's soon in danger. Ages 9+ (£10.99)
Top Secret - Charlie Higson
The complete and definitive guide to the world of Young Bond, with in-depth character profiles, info on the cars, weapons and locations, facts, stats, photos, maps and illustrations. Ages: 9-11yrs. (£12.99)